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In the context of the politics of the United States, term limits restrict the number of terms of office an officeholder may serve. At the federal level, the president of the United States can serve a maximum of two four-year terms, with this being limited by the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution that came into force on February 27, 1951.
The first efforts in Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment were undertaken in 1956, five years after the amendment's ratification. Over the next 50 years, 54 joint resolutions seeking to repeal the two-term presidential election limit were introduced. [1]
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that states cannot impose qualifications for prospective members of the U.S. Congress stricter than those the Constitution specifies. [1] The decision invalidated 23 states' Congressional term limit provisions.
(The Center Square) – Republicans in Congress led by US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, introduced a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to impose term limits for members of Congress.
Congress by law can set the number of justices, but terms limits may require a change to the Constitution, which has been interpreted as requiring life tenure for federal judges and justices.
A 36-member bipartisan commission was tasked with studying proposals for expanding the Supreme Court and setting possible term limits.
No term limits, but traditionally serves for one 5-year term. Palau: President: Two 4-year terms Vice President: Two 4-year terms Papua New Guinea: King / Queen: No set terms (hereditary succession) Prime Minister: No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the National Parliament, which has a term of five years. Governor ...
The rule imposing term limits was ratified after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the White House an unprecedented four times: in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944.